LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 224, 27 October 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"nil, Urol |„.,-< rooc.Uv -truck a •pilch" „f ltii.l ln,k. bavin.*'been mulcted in CI 1100 damage* for alleged ne„li„,. m .o in connection wilh (lip collapse oM|„.'r tout ill Orange, Now Koulli Wales.

Mr. .1. I!. Ilino. M.P.. is lo 1,0 entru-t----(■(I '.yitli Hi,. Taranaki Education Board's I<;.il Bill to Im presented In Parliament t ii- session having f nr i|,q object the '•hanging ol tiio pnrpnso of section ; »:> oriji■ willy sot apart n s an institute site i" Inglowood. This section is to bo voi< ft -.n llio Roar,] as » sit,, for 11,0 toehnini S , cl ",' '"*'"' Okoy nn,l ,!:■„. til.' measure tlioir support.

, ,; h( ' 'li'opi'injr «f a lino in 1). Silberv s ■f-1.-T in yesterday's papor „i lh :,.,, 'Wioo to H,o Raihvaymen's I'tiio,, made nc context conlra-liel, i|,oli. \u- Sil--I'Oi.- wrote: ■•Who,, a propo,iiio„' w , n;n.!o to strongly prr,lo-| a„,i„ ■,, •itt.-i.ipt dial was l,o in „ „,;,,,;,,.' .!£ in-." of u,o i 0,,,. ,„o„ t„ „,, llliM ;;; ,„ recognition as a union, it „;„,.,„,,. supported l, v several 1,,,,, men pri," .., ami on being pi , t to tl,o meoti ,„ ~,„' earned with I„il one .lissenliont ••" -,.,,,, »P«n»l Hie flMen.pt that was' '„„ "»l''P." neces-itates thi- correction. " latterly the gentlemen forniin,T H,,. I.ooroation Sport- Ciroimil have" he,.., '•catching it" at the hands of the oriekef. m t"*enuHe the ground i« not readv for cr.ofcot. The committee has lalolv inert '<■ ?ood .leal of money i„ top-dro-s, n - or the low-lying ~osi(in,,s of the |.^,.i.d.a,,,|.hev,,,,n S Jra,, W aseon l ,,; o .]„... lie,l (he „o„ -ward would >„„„ ''■' ready lor „so. |f„i ,!„.,. , n , , reckon ii|ioi, our citizen tidier \„„. «'l Mnmllly night the v 01,,,,,,,,.; i,;.|,| .; Parade on (ho S,,„rls (1n,,,,,,!. (,!„.,. pi.la.od yeiv considerably o„ |.h,. „„■•', " in ,'" V '"""' m ' " ,,r is Hie leVellil'irr nia. e more ellVetive. U w i|| , ost : ••".\ HI) lo make (1,,, damage good, bill more serious than U,,,,, lie grSwl? of tlio gras* is s„ rotardod •, • I -, I furllinr .IH.iv (he p.eparatio',,' of \he i ■.runnel for (he summer pastime.

A sharp tongue is (he only edged too] ilia! grows keener with constant u<se.~ Anonymous.

Mails for United Kingdom and Continent despatched (via San Pram-isco) on September IHh arrived at London on October 23rd.

With detent weather Hie Public Works Department expel to have the rails, on the Stratfor.l-Oiigaruhc railway, hud into Te Wen this week. The ciigmeer-in-chargo, Mr. C..J. McKenzio, is pushing lon this must important railway with all possible speed.

There is a bewildering multiplicity «> " •plumes" nowadays. There are grnpliophones, telephones, phonographs, sexophones, gramophones, and so on. So thai the Stipendiary Magistrate was excusable vcslerd.iv when he staled that a bailih"' had seized a telephone when I in reality it was a phonograph that lie had taken.

"■Wet weather and sickness, attendance poor." This, said the truant '"- »pcetor, in his quarterly report to tie I Kilvfution Hoard last night, was the report received b'y aim latterly from all teachers iu public and private schools m tcv.-n and country, lie had notified a number of parents as to non-attendance of their children, and as a result of notices to have children enrolled about inenty additional enrolments had been ; marie. On account of such a lot of srkluos. and the exceptionally wot weather, iie had been unable to much more than "worry patents to try and keep up ihe ntli ntiance."

A judgment, debtor in Hie Magistrate'-, Court yesterday staled that-owing l» broken 'weather' his earnings "I late had been so small that lie was <|iiile iinabie to make auv oiler tu reduce hi- liability to the judgment creditor, lie pointed out that n man dependent tld jobs for a living could not ligiire accurately upon his prospective earnings. "Cun von make any oiler'/" asked Mr. Stan-ili-h. cutting into the plaintive harangue of the debtor. To which the man replied, with an air of much sorrow. " Well. 1 can't rule the weather." Tile Magistrate muttered something regarding "Wragge," and the Court smiled languidly.

There is a large area of fine nulling timber, principally rimu, matai, totara and white pine, at Pohokura, and much of it is M uitc close to where the railway line is to run. Some time ago Mr. .lack Robson acquired milling rights in this localitv, and is now taking the earliest opportunity to shift his sawmill plant from Huiroa to a new site at Pohokura, within thirty chains of the railway station at that point. Mr. Uolison intends to cut a hundred thousand feet of timber each month, and. with commendable enterprise, will instill the latest planing and dressing machinery. Tins business alone will prove of considerable value to the district and be a big source ol revenue to the railway freight department.—Stratford Post.

\ew Zealand has a practically inexhaustible mine of wealth in the great qnartz-bearing reefs of the Thames and Waihi. Slight difficulties in the way >f working the deeper levels probably account for the fact that the amount of "old won last year was not commensurate with the work done and the capital expended. According to the War. din's report the total value for the An■•klaml district was £1.302,11(11, of which the Waihi mine alone supplied nearly nine huiiiired thousand pounds' worth. The Warden points out that the vitality of the goldfields is maintained by the support el persons who interest themselves in mining. Xn jlimht what they •lo is done in the hope of ultimate reward, but nevertheless a word of praise is due to those people for their enterprise and perseverance. Thcliutlav. how. ever, is justified bv the possibilities of snrce-s. 'for there' is undoubtedly imiwr.se latent wealth in the reefs which can only be hroimht to light bv a large expenditure of capital. If Ihe operations i! Ihe dei'p levels at the Thames prove a success, n new era of prosperity will ■li'vn for thai portion of the goldficld. tev : viii'r its former importance as a miumg field.

Tin- Stratford Teclinie.il School building- reipiire. re-painting. Where's the ■uoiiev to come from'; The chairman of ill,-' Munition Board slated last nig'it that, the work could not be paid for out ■if the ' Ituaid's general or maintenance account. The Minister had been cry lefinile in his statement at the opening ■if Ihe Xcw Plymouth Technical School that, maintenance and repairs could nil he (barged to the Hoard or to tile Department. The money would have to be raised bv the people in the locality where the school was erected, for live nnvernment had done quite enough in Mmilling ihe building, and the funds rranted to the Hoard would continue to be for primary education. Mr. Trimble •Oi,Prmcd the chairman's report of the Minister's remarks, adding that Ihe lin.i, rentlemaii had mentioned the possibility if the Government subsidising moneys 'rca'ly raised for this purpose. Mr. Moii-on mentioned the anomaly that existed by Technical School committee* 'lining no funds and no authority to re tain any moneys received bv them. Jt wa- decided, upon his motion. t 0 draw }«• attoiili f the Sir.iji',,l,l Technical Se'.nol coinniiil-c to the architects' re Mytthnt ill,, school would need re ii.inting during tli ß coming summer month?.

\ meeting of creditors in the estate of n. I. IT. Nicholas was held at Stratford on IhiiiMlay. ISankviipl began storekeeping in Hurlcyville in 1!)U2 with a capital of .£1413. Subsequently he exchanged tile business for a farm at New Plymouth, and afterwards exchanged several times, bis ventures being other farm« and a livery stable ( a t Stratford). Bankrupt attributed bis present financial position to an inability to realise, principally the Hull and' Wellington town properties, through a slump settim. m, together with the heavy rates and interest on mortgages, and' not havinsufficient capital to wait for things to right themselves again. The bankrupt's statement showed the amount due to fei'ly-two unsecured creditors as £7*o Hs 4d, and to secured creditors .CfIHDM Hie securities, consisting of two eiuhtrnoiucd houses in Wellington, a : arm at Kaiinata. one-thirteenth share m his mother's estate, ,i/ ; „,,.,„ ilm , ~ loiir-rooincd house at Croflon, ei»ht s«ti»iis at the Ifiitt, ~„,] n ,/, „;,.,., nl Jaifa. were estimated bv bankrupt «. word, uj.,03, ,„,„; „ ni '"n 11 ?" '"I <l"c to secured I~i ,' •?'"'"'•-• •• | '"^-examination hnnkrupt said he had about ClO worth ' f ,m "} m ' "' Invent. The meelin, a-. adjourned to enable bankrupt to mulsh a more complete statement ol his affairs and to submit an off,.,- („ |, is creditors. "

How ,„„ ( .|, hay ~,„ ~ ~„„. ( ~a jn fl ''«.'•■' We don't particiilarlv waul In kii»»-, Inn Mr. M:,gUl,,, U . i.'ii,.|„,rhort ■vas trying Ihml ycstcnlav in c.urt |„ ;;•<' »>■<■ ti,, lIIIKI| t ear" n butt,,,, aboui it ~,.]. '"I tlic iiifiirimilinii was required to on' till' l him lo com,' l» „ decision i„ ||„. ■;l«' «f Humphries v. 1.in,,, ivlij,.), U .. H -hen before liim. Mr. <:,.„,•„,. s ',.. •yhoM,'standing was thin ~, ,„«„„;,.,■„;. t:ii> tniM! being <;f ,i farm ,u hikc'totap, vcc-Koiicd (1,,,! Hie average cow would I"' satisfied will, „ forkful" of liar This was too imlcliniic f or his Worship who remarked that i„ thai case ,|, ( . l; zl , ()f Hn> meal would depend npo„ n„. \- m . »f the fort, tin, slrotißtli .if Hi,. in„„ wii'lilniif it. and whether ,„■ not the fork was well filled. The,, Air. William l.inii, a farmer of Oaknra, havin-. cure,"ed from Hip ordeal of examination ~-1,1 cross-examination at tlie hands of counsel, was positively floundered l, v l,is Worship'.,' little conundrum. •■ Do' von know how much hay a cow oats iii a day?' Now, the average Taranaki farmer can talk liy the week aliont milktests and turnip flavors, lie's just beamain;; to Meigh the milk of individuiil eows, and lie can generally tell tf uu what milk he took that 'day l 0 the ■reamery. He is quite ready to give an opinion on stock and noxious weeds inspection; the failure of the county councils ami roiid hoards to make' decent roads: tl„. delinquencies and deficiencies »f his factory manager; the pioseoulions for excessive moisture in hut tor. and the Ikitish Budget. Hut a cow'consimiptfon of hay, forsooth! Mr. l.inii replied that ho didn't know, and In- didn't, make any secrel of his ignorance on the point. (Juolli Ms Worship: "Vou. a farmer, toll mo seriously Ilia! you ilon'i know how much, or approximately how much, hav a horse or a enw eats?" And the witness reiterated. " Xo, 1 don't know." •No wonder, then, that fanners often come to grief," commented his Worship. The witness ex-/ plained that Ihe custom here was to "just cart it out hy the load and throwit down to |he cows." Mr. firey was doubtful whether the witness quite, understood the question. Xo man could possibly say how much hay a eow was', capable of eating in the. event of Jut being left in front of a stack, hut the, amount usually served out per cow should be ascertainable. Ilia Worship set out to elucidate the point: ''(.'nn you tell me how much cow a hay would eat—l mean liutv lunch hay a cow would eat in a day?" 'J'he witness couldn't. The next witness, Air. .100 Crockett, a farmer at Omata. said thai three or four cows would probable dispose of a hundredweight of .liny iiolwoen them, and the average cow's 1 meal would be anything from 21) lo Sslbs.

There is to bo a great slaughter of prices at the A B. C. Boot Shop. The fir./: iaa been successful in securing he stock-in-trade of the imc vVm. ITaiicock. A big sale is* now proceeding, and a discount of 10s in the £ will be allowed on all marked prices.—Advt,